With the budget a month late, Hochul won’t have much chance of getting any new housing proposals enacted before lawmakers leave Albany for the year in early June.Īssembly Speaker Carl Heastie indicated Tuesday that he doesn’t see the sides reaching any kind of housing compromise at the end of session. But while the legislators are here, it gives us a chance to have the conversations, and I’ll be looking toward more initiatives certainly in my next budget.” I don’t know what will be accomplished in a session. The conversations will start in earnest immediately,” she told reporters. Kathy Hochul may have lost the budget battle over her housing plan, but she’s hoping to win the war over requiring municipalities to build 800,000 new homes in the next decade.Īs the state Legislature finishes voting Tuesday on the budget, the Democratic governor vowed to keep one of her top agenda items central in ongoing talks with lawmakers and the public. | Mike Groll/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul Kathy Hochul told reporters Tuesday that she will continue to push for her housing initiative that would require municipalities to build new homes.
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